Vertical farming

High Times: Vertical farming is on the rise — but can it save the planet?

Groundbreaking advances in vertical farming, which doesn't break ground at all, raise hopes it can feed the world - DIANE STOPYRA

http://www.salon.com/2016/09/25/high-times-vertical-farming-is-on-the-rise-but-can-it-save-the-planet/

Birds, Bones, and Other Beautiful Specimens

The Birds, Bones, and Other Beautiful Specimens in Museum and National Park Collections

http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2016/09/16/leah_sobsey_photographs_the_collections_of_national_park_museums_in_her.html

Near-record low 2016 Arctic Sea ice

Grandaddy of climate indicators is sick

http://www.salon.com/2016/09/17/grandaddy-of-climate-indicators-is-sick-these-images-show-near-record-low-2016-arctic-sea-ice_partner/

The Planet Is Going Through A ‘Catastrophic’ Wilderness Loss

The Planet Is Going Through A ‘Catastrophic’ Wilderness Loss

https://thinkprogress.org/most-wilderness-is-gone-thanks-to-humans-ad828409f4b6#.oxepieoxh

September 13

A History of the World in 6 Glasses 

In this book, Tom Standage tells a popular history of the world through six beverages: beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea and Coca Cola. A thoroughly enjoyable read, the book is full of those kinds of anecdotes and stories that help students to enjoy and remember history. Better still is the book's ability to provide a possible narrative of world history. The book is organized chronologically, allowing each beverage to tell the story of a period through local stories, global processes, and connections. Along the way, the reader can make comparisons amongst these drinks as to which have been seen as medicinal drinks, currency, social equators, revolutionary substances, status indicators, and nutritional supplements. In studying drinks, as with food, class and social structure are emphasized allowing a social historical perspective.